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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pistol-whipping
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Hunter has served over a decade in prison and been convicted on charges including larceny, robbery and assaulting a government official with a deadly weapon, North Carolina Department of Corrections records show.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025 -
The neighbor, who denied any political motivations in the attack, pleaded guilty to assaulting a member of Congress was sentenced to eight months behind bars.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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The video, which bears a watermark suggesting it was livestreamed on the video platform Kick, showed Jackson straddling Smith before repeatedly punching him in the face and the side of his head, even when Smith was lying motionless.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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New defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman harps on takeaways, and Smith is adept at punching the ball out of the hands of running backs and receivers.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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The team has started the 2025/26 season in a less than free-flowing fashion and has struggled to put up the attacking numbers that might be expected of a defending champion.—
James Nalton,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Atalanta comes in with resilience and attacking threats, particularly in transition, but their back line has looked shaky at times this year.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Lewis stepped outside, the freezing wind slapping her in the face, and started walking.—
Jason Kane,
NBC news,
15 Sep. 2025
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Trade tensions between Beijing and Washington have been on a rollercoaster ride in 2025, with both sides slapping escalating tariffs on each other.—
AFP,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
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Cal Raleigh tied Mickey Mantle for most home runs in one season for a switch hitter after smacking his 54th dinger yesterday.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Troy Dye replaced Perryman, smacking Mahomes with a pair of solid hits on scrambles, and is likely to fill in again if Perryman can’t play.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
12 Sep. 2025
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Max Weinberg sat at his set, thwacking his floor tom, while Lahav fiddled with his dials, stalked into the studio to unplug, replug, and then just physically move the microphone closer to the set, then to the side, and then farther away.—
Peter Ames Carlin,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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Club World Cup viewers may remember the South American receiving the ball, skipping past an opponent, and thwacking in a long-range goal against Urawa Reds in June.—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including Including Saturday night’s—or rather, Sunday morning’s—boxing megafight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Two years later, the hotel was the venue for former Democratic Tennessee governor nominee John Jay Hooker’s 50th birthday celebration — and boxing great Muhammad Ali was on the guest list.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
14 Sep. 2025
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Activities froze in places like Virginia State University after a swatting call and at Southern University in Louisiana, where classes have already been cancelled through the weekend, another swatting call put the entire campus on high alert.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Also known as swatting, they're defined as false reports of serious crimes intended to spark a heavy law enforcement response.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Pistol-whipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pistol-whipping. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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